Message dashboard

The message dashboard is a workspace made up of different icons - regrouped into an action bar - and various functional blocks that allow you to establish your message's parameters and send it. These elements are presented hereafter.

Send a test
: lets you select the approval mode to use:
Email rendering
,
Proof
or both for an email. For more on test profiles, see
Sending proofs.

This button is only enabled once you have established test profiles.

Notă:

For an SMS message, there is no other choice: it is automatically a
Proof
.

Prepare send
: starts to prepare the send. The
Deployment
block appears and displays the result of the preparation. This button only appears once the target has been entered. You can stop preparation at any time using the corresponding button.

Confirm send
: confirms sending the message. The sending statistics appear in the
Deployment
block. This button only appears after the send has been prepared. You can stop or pause the send at any time using the Stop send and
Pause
buttons.

Blocks

The main screen is made up of different blocks. Click inside a block to access the corresponding parameter screen:

Deployment
: allows you to track the progress of the message preparation or send. Click the button found in the lower right section of this block to access the send and analysis logs. This block only appears once the send has been prepared. For more on this. See
Confirming send.

Audience
: allows you to establish the message's main target as well as the test profiles. See
Creating audiences.

Schedule
: allows you to specify the date on which your message will be sent. See
Scheduling.

Content
: allows you to define the message's content and preview it. See
Defining content.